Southern Networks Ltd, is a wireless cable network

Cable network

A cable channel is a television channel available via cable television. Such channels are usually also available via satellite television, including direct broadcast satellite providers such as DirecTV, Dish Network and BSkyB...

 broadcaster

Broadcasting

Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...

 in Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

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Southern Networks was incorporated in 1995 as a joint venture between the Shaheen Foundation and private shareholders with a view to provide subscribers with multiple channels of broadcast television programmes in addition to premium pay-per-view

Pay-per-view

Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...

 channels. Under new management, the company installed a digital broadcast system under the name of Sun TV. Sun TV currently airs more than 50 Digital channels.

Southern Networks is the pioneer of introducing MMDS (Multi point & Multi Distribution system) American Technology in Pakistan. A license to establish and operate an MMDS (Multi-channel, Multi-point Distribution System) network was obtained from the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of Pakistan and the company set up three stations broadcasting 10 to 12 analogue channels from Islamabad

Islamabad

Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...

, Lahore

Lahore

Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...

 and Karachi

Karachi

Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

. It was estimated that over half a million households installed antennas to receive free-to-air analog signals during this time. Southern Networks Ltd launched its digital system in the metropolitan areas of Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...

 in January 2004 and are also planning to launch in several key cities in the Central Punjab

Punjab (Pakistan)

Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

. Sun TV employed a conditional access system, digital encryption security, real-time subscriber management system and automated menuing.

Features

• Dolby Stereo Sound
• Multiple Language Selection
• Electronic Program Guide
• Parental Lock
• Games

List of channels

1. PTV Home
2. PTV News
   PTV News
   PTV News is a 24-hour state news channel in Pakistan. It provides news in English and Urdu to the Pakistani community worldwide...
   
   
3. PTV National
   PTV National
   PTV National is a 24-hour channel that broadcasts regional languages programmes of Pakistan.PTV National is a channel formed with a vision to create a sense of integrity and harmony among the people of the four provinces of Pakistan. It has viewership not only across Pakistan but it is being seen...
   
   
4. AAJ TV
   AAJ TV
   AAJ TV is a 24 hour Pakistani news television channel. Aaj in English means "Today".-Channel and its Programmes:AAJ News was initially started on March 23, 2005 by the Business Recorder Group...
   
   
5. ATV
   ATV (Pakistan)
   ATV is the largest privately operated terrestrial television network in Pakistan having the 2nd largest national viewer ship base in the country. The channel was launched on May 01, 2005.-Channel Profile:...
   
   
6. PTV National
   PTV National
   PTV National is a 24-hour channel that broadcasts regional languages programmes of Pakistan.PTV National is a channel formed with a vision to create a sense of integrity and harmony among the people of the four provinces of Pakistan. It has viewership not only across Pakistan but it is being seen...
   
   
7. Hum TV
   Hum TV
   Hum TV is a 24-hour Pakistani entertainment TV channel based in Karachi. It is the first brand of Eye Television Network Limited, Pakistan. Hum TV began its transmission on January 17, 2005.-Serials:* Manay Na Ye Dil * Akhri Barish...
   
   
8. Geo TV
   Geo TV
   Geo TV or Geo Television is a Pakistani television network, founded by Mr. Mir Shakil ur Rehman in May 2002 and owned by Independent Media Corporation. The channel began test transmission on 14 August 2002, with regular transmission beginning 1 October 2002...
   
   
9. Geo News
   GEO News
   Geo News is a Karachi-based Pakistani news channel, fully owned and operated by Jang Group. The channel started its broadcasting in November 2005 and has millions of Urdu-language viewers around the world.- Popular Shows :...
   
   
10. Geo Super
    GEO Super
    Geo Super is the first 24-hour Pakistani channel dedicated to the world of sports. It belongs to Independent Media Corporation, owner of the Jang Group of Newspapers.-Launch:...
    
    
11. AAG TV
    AAG TV
    AAG TV is a youth entertainment channel in Pakistan, owned by Independent Media Corporation . The Urdu word "aag" means "fire."...
    
    
12. ARY News
    ARY One World
    ARY News is a Dubai-based Pakistani news channel launched in 26 September 2004. A bilingual news channel in English and Urdu, it is a part of the ARY Digital Network, which is a subsidiary of ARY Group. It has a large audience and one main competitor in Geo News...
    
    
13. ARY Digital
    ARY Digital
    ARY Digital, a subsidiary of the ARY Group, is a popular Pakistani television network available in Pakistan, the Middle East, North America and Europe. The ARY Group of companies is a Dubai-based holding company founded by a Pakistani businessman, Abdul Razzak Yaqoob . The network caters to the...
    
    
14. Apna Channel
    Apna Channel
    APNA Channel is a Punjabi language satellite television channel broadcasting from Thailand. It was launched on 14th October, 2004 and broadcasts entertainment programs in Punjabi. It also broadcasts English language programs dubbed in Punjabi...
    
    
15. AVT Khyber
    AVT Khyber
    AVT Khyber or Khyber TV is a Pakistani-operated Pashto satellite television station in Pakistan, which was launched in July 2004. The channel broadcasts 24 hours a day, providing educational, news, variety of shows, dramas, and entertaining programs to the Pashtun population of Pakistan and...
    
    
16. ARY QTV
    QTV (ARY)
    ARY Qtv is a Pakistani television channel with a Sunni religious focus, producing programs mainly focusing on the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jama'at school of thought in Ummah. It is part of the ARY Digital Network. The channel has shows featuring well-known scholars such as Dr...
    
    
17. Indus Vision
18. MTV Pakistan
    MTV Pakistan
    Music Television Pakistan is the Pakistani subsidiary of MTV, a cable television network owned by Viacom Inc. headquartered in New York. The Pakistan franchise has been set up in collaboration with Pakistan's first satellite channel media group known as Indus Media Group . Indus TV is Pakistan's...
    
    
19. Indus News
20. CNBC Pakistan
    CNBC Pakistan
    CNBC Pakistan is Pakistan's 24-hour bilingual Urdu and English language business and news channel which reports financial and business information, presenting in-depth and up-to-the-minute coverage of regional and international affairs from a Pakistani economic perspective...
    
    
21. FTV Pakistan
    Fashion TV
    Fashion TV is an international fashion and lifestyle broadcasting television channel. It was founded in France in 1997 by its Polish-born president Michel Adam Lisowski, Fashion TV is the only 24/7 international TV network exclusively dedicated to fashion, beauty, glamour and style and has become...
    
    
22. Masala TV
    Masala TV
    Masala TV is the first dedicated 24-hours food television channel in the world in the language of Urdu. Masala TV was launched on 22 November 2006 in Pakistan. Just after few days of its launching, Masala became a household name that was recognized all across the country and helped set the dinner...
    
    
23. ARY Musik
24. ARY Zauq
    ARY Zauq
    ARY Zauq is a 24-hour cooking channel from Pakistan. It is part of the ARY Digital Network and is owned by ARY Group. It features programming about food and cooking including programmes about Pakistani cuisine and international cuisine...
    
    
25. STAR One
    STAR One
    STAR One is an Indian television channel that primarily broadcasts Hindi entertainment based in Mumbai. Launched on 1 November 2004 with its show, Remix, the channel gained in popularity with television shows such as Remix, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, Nach Baliye, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai,...
    
    
26. Sony Entertainment Television
    Sony Entertainment Television Asia
    For the version in India, see Sony Entertainment Television .Not to be confused with Sony Entertainment Television , the SET version in Indonesia, Hong Kong and Fiji....
    
    
27. Max
    SET Max
    SET Max is Sony Entertainment Television Network's channel that provides its viewers a mix of Hindi Movies and cricket based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Among Hindi movie channels it competes mainly with Zee Cinema and STAR Gold in India. An HD version of the channel was introduced in 2010.-External...
    
    
28. B4U Music
    B4U Music
    B4U Music is a music-themed digital TV channel available on more than 8 different satellites, in more than 100 countries including the USA, UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Mauritius, Canada and India...
    
    
29. B4U Movies
    B4U Movies
    B4U Movies is a Bollywood movie digital TV channel based in Mumbai available on more than 8 different satellites, in more than 100 countries including the USA, UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Mauritius, Canada and India...
    
    
30. STAR Gold
    STAR Gold
    STAR Gold is a Hindi movie channel that is part of the STAR TV network and is owned by News Corporation. It features a mix of contemporary as well as classic movies from the 1950s to the present time...
    
    
31. STAR Plus
    STAR Plus
    STAR Plus is a Hindi language general entertainment television channel based in India. The channel is part of the STAR TV network's bouquet of channels...
    
    
32. Sun TV Cinema
33. ESPN Pakistan
    ESPN International
    ESPN International is a family of networks around the world. It was begun in 1989 and is operated by ESPN. It consists of:Asia: *ESPN SEA*ESPN SEA 2*ESPN China*ESPN Hong Kong*ESPN India*ESPN Malaysia...
    
    
34. Star Sports
    STAR Sports
    STAR Sports is a cable sports network owned by STAR TV and ESPN. It shows sports programs. In partnership with ESPN, its corporate name is ESPN STAR Sports. They are the official Asian station of the Barclays Premier League...
    
    
35. Ten Sports
    TEN Sports
    TEN SPORTS is a sports channel, widely broadcast in Asia. Its key programming includes Cricket, Football and sports-entertainment shows viz. WWE. Ten Sports was launched on April 1, 2002, and became the world's premier sports channel for South Asians, reaching over 55 million homes across the Arab...
    
    
36. CNN South Asia
    CNN International South Asia
    CNN International South Asia is the South Asian schedule of the CNN International pay-TV cable network targeted toward India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan.-Programs:*Business International*i Report for CNN*Business Traveller...
    
    
37. BBC WORLD NEWS
38. Discovery Channel
    Discovery Channel
    Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
    
    
39. Animal Planet
    Animal Planet
    Animal Planet is an American cable tv specialty channel that launched on October 1, 1996. It is distributed by Discovery Communications. A high-definition simulcast of the channel launched on September 1, 2007.-History:...
    
    
40. NICK Pakistan
    Nickelodeon Pakistan
    Nickelodeon Pakistan , is the Pakistani version of the international children's network Nickelodeon, which is operated as a joint venture between local media company Ary Digital and MTV Networks International...
    
    
41. Cartoon Network Pakistan
    Cartoon Network (Pakistan)
    Cartoon Network Pakistan is a cable and satellite television channel created by Turner Broadcasting, a unit of Time Warner which primarily shows animated programming. The channel officially launched on April 2, 2004. Cartoon Network Pakistan follows Pakistan Standard Time for its programming...
    
    
42. AXN Pakistan
    AXN Asia
    AXN Asia is a pay-tv, cable and satellite TV channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. It is available in throughout the 18 countries around the Asia-Pacific region...
    
    
43. Animax Pakistan
    Animax Asia
    Animax Asia is the Japanese anime TV network Animaxs English language feeds in Southeast Asia and South Asia, as well as its feeds across other regions of mainland Asia, including Hong Kong and Taiwan...
    
    
44. HBO Pakistan
    HBO Asia
    HBO Asia is a franchise of HBO in Asia. HBO Asia is now a joint venture of media giants Viacom and Time Warner . Sony Pictures Entertainment and Universal Studios exited the fifteen year-old HBO Asia premium movie joint venture on January 16, 2008....
    
    
45. Diva Universal
46. STAR Movies Middle East
    STAR Movies
    STAR Movies is an Asian movie channel owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, subsidiaries of News Corporation.-History:STAR Movies was launched on 1 May 1994...
    
    
47. STAR World Middle East
    STAR World
    STAR World is an Asian English language cable and satellite television network owned by Star TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation. The channel is the successor of STAR Plus, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
    
    
48. National Geographic Middle East
    National Geographic Channel (Asia)
    The National Geographic Channel, also commercially abbreviated as Nat Geo, is an Asian subscription television channel that features non-fiction, factual programming involving nature, science, culture, and history, produced by the National Geographic Society, just like History and the Discovery...
    
    
49. Nat Geo Adventure
50. VH1
    VH1 Pakistan
    VH1 Pakistan is a music and lifestyle based television channel in Pakistan. In Pakistan it is operated by ARY Digital Network and Viacom. It shows some popular international shows. It began its air on 2008 and is available on Intelsat and Southern Networks. Its Sister Channels are MTV Pakistan and...
    
    
51. Aljazeera English
52. BBC Prime
    BBC Prime
    BBC Prime was the BBC's general entertainment TV channel in Europe and the Middle East from 30 January 1995 until 11 November 2009, when it was replaced by BBC Entertainment.-Launch:...
    
    
53. BBC Food
    BBC Food
    BBC Food was the name of the BBC's international commercial television channel focusing solely on food until it was replaced in the television markets it was broadcast by BBC Lifestyle. The channel was owned and operated by BBC Worldwide, the BBC's commercial arm.The channel launched in June 2002...
    
    
54. ETV Urdu
55. Sun TV Entertainment
56. Sindh TV 1
57. The Movie Channel
    The Movie Channel
    The Movie Channel is an American premium channel owned by Showtime Networks, Inc., a subsidiary of CBS Corporation, which shows mostly movies, as well as special behind-the-scenes features, softcore adult erotica and movie trivia....
    
    
58. Sun Movies
59. Zee Smile
    Zee Smile
    Zee Smile is an India's first 24 hour comedy television channel that was launched on September 11, 2004. The channel was launched by Zee Network as Smile TV, but on March 28, 2005 as part of Zee Network's revamp, the channel was renamed as Zee Smile....
    
    
60. Zee Music
61. Waseb TV
62. Ritmo
    Ritmo
    Ritmo is the title of the fifth by the British singer-songwriter Judie Tzuke, released in September 1983. The album peaked at no.26 in the UK.The album was Tzuke's second and final album to be released during her contract with Chrysalis Records...
    
    
63. HiVision
64. K.W
65. MBC 2
    MBC 2
    MBC 2, formerly Channel 2, is a free-to-air 24-hour movie channel owned by the MBC Group. The channel has broadcast as a satellite TV channel since 2002...
    
    
66. MBC Four
67. Peace TV
    Peace TV
    Peace TV is a Sunni Islamic satellite television network broadcasting globally 24/7 from Dubai, UAE. Peace TV programs are all in the English language and telecast free-to-air...
    
    
68. ss-tv
69. Sky News
    Sky News
    Sky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...
    
    

External links

• Sun TV - Official website
• Channel List